A cycle of sixty-three poems by A. E. Housman. Published in 1896, most were written when Housman was unwell and depressed. The poems, nostalgic and evocative of the English "blue remembered hills", were extremely popular and many soldiers took a copy to the First World War trenches. The main theme is mortality and how, therefore, life should be enjoyed. "When the journey's over / There'll be time enough to sleep."
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A. E. Housman - N6
Housman lived here 1885-1905 when he moved, with his landlady to 1 Yarborough...
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Iolo Morganwg
Born Edward Williams in Glamorgan. Founder member of the Unitarian movement in Wales, an anti-slavery campaigner, and political radical who called himself "The Bard of Liberty". As a stonemason he ...
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Francis Thompson
Poet and cricket lover, author of 'The Hound of Heaven'. Born Preston, Lancashire into the middle classes. Went through a period as a down-and-out and opium addict before being discovered as a poet...
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George Meredith
Novelist and poet. Born at 73 High Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire. As a writer of novels and poems, his income was uncertain and he supplemented it as a publisher's reader. In this capacity he befri...
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Reverend Samuel Hoole
Became Rector of All Saints Poplar in 1803 and remained there until his death. Probably born in London, his father being employed as auditor for the East India Company and the family living in Wan...
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